[GOOC 2009]Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2009

[GoriLLakoS]

http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehosting/5498fe99b63762.jpgAnybody attending Czech in April '09 ?

As far as i know Gigabyte will do qualifying rounds all around the world and then the EU OC Community will gather to Czech at 24-25 April.
The GOOC Final this year will be at Computex Period at Taipei !

Greek Qualifiers are here (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&tl=en&u=http://www.hwbox.gr/showthread.php%3Ft%3D3644) google translated .

From UK i read here (http://www.benchtec.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3346) that K404 and jabski is going :)

Any other competitors ? ? ? :D

[s e t h]

i hope to go again but i'll have to win the local champs first :D

[ekky]

i hope to go again but i'll have to win the local champs first :D

same with me seth... hope i can go again.... have to pass Indonesian qualifying round first on feb 27th :)

[Pt1t]

France live final is the 02/28 :) AND Benelux in March.

[Kabauterman]

sorry but I think this kind of "casting" suxx!
why I must buy a Gigabyte Board to join this competition?

thats not the way to go I think...

doe's anybody knows something from German finals or something else?

[[XC] gomeler]

Great stuff! Was informed that the North American competition will be April 24th-25th in LA. I unfortunately have exams the following week but I think I'll risk it just to go to LA again and see everyone :up:

[sno.lcn]

gomeler;3639018']Great stuff! Was informed that the North American competition will be April 24th-25th in LA. I unfortunately have exams the following week but I think I'll risk it just to go to LA again and see everyone :up:

Same here, exams the next week (or maybe the week before?). But I'll be there for sure :toast:

[Viss]

Great news Benelux is in this year :up:

[Lucky_n00b]

i hope to go again but i'll have to win the local champs first :D

Same here bro ;)
I need to pass the qualification first....

Well, I'll probably get kicked out :D , but I guess I'll do it anyway :p:

The qualifier in Indonesia will be held at February 28th - March 1st, how about you Seth? Is Vivi coming? :up:

[[XC] gomeler]

I'm kind of wishing the platform of choice would be AM3, it would make for some stellar overclocks :cool: Maybe this Core i7 D0 stepping will be available by the competition and make it a little more interesting.

[Pt1t]

For france it s EX58 Extreme + 940 or 965xe + 260GTX + 3*1Go kingston :D 4 Teams of 2 and afternoon with +100L LN2 :)

[Lucky_n00b]

For Indonesia, there's 2 stage of qualification :

1st stage :
- Must use any type of GIGABYTE P45 DDR2 boards
- Any type of LGA775 CPU, DDR2 RAM, VGA, HDD, and PSU is allowed
- For OS, only WinXP SP2/SP3 and WinVista is allowed
- 20 contestants, 2 session(10 contestant each), individuals only, no teams
- Scoring consists of : Suicide Clock(20 mins),Suicide FSB(20 mins), Suicide RAM Clock(15 mins), and SuperPI 1M(25 mins)
- 5 contestant per session will be allowed to participate in 2nd stage

2nd stage :
-All 10 qualified contestant will use :
Intel Core i7 - 940
GIGABYTE EX58-UD3R
DDR3 Triple Channel Kingston KHX14400D3K3/3GX
GIGABYTE GV-N26OC-896GH GeForce GTX260
Hitachi 160 GB SATA II
Enermax Evolution 85+ 1050 Watt
WinVista SP1

- Hardware modding/Vmod is allowed
- Scoring consists of : 3DMarkVantage(P), SuperPI 8M, Cinebench R10, Everest Memory Benchmark

- Maximum cooling allowed for both 1st & 2nd stage will be Dry Ice

[TheKarmakazi]

Are the USA qualifiers invite only or can any compete?

[T_M]

Aussie comp is Feb 28th in Sydney :)
http://www.theoverclocker.com/gooc/goocindex.html

[FoX360]

And Spain? I will participate :mad:

where can I ask?

Thanks.

[ME4ME]

Here in Sweden, the first round has already started, and results have to be submited before Februari 15 ..

Then the 5 best overclockers are in the Swedish finals, witch will be in Stockholm, februari 28 (iirc)..

The swedish rules: (in english)

http://event.gigabyte.se/gooc2009/rules.htm

[Lucky_n00b]

Aussie comp is Feb 28th in Sydney :)
http://www.theoverclocker.com/gooc/goocindex.html

Hey mate, since you live in Jakarta now, will you also qualifying in Indonesia too? :D :p: :D

[TheKarmakazi]

Here in Sweden, the first round has already started, and results have to be submited before Februari 15 ..

Then the 5 best overclockers are in the Swedish finals, witch will be in Stockholm, februari 28 (iirc)..

The swedish rules: (in english)

http://event.gigabyte.se/gooc2009/rules.htm

Gigabyte should do something like this for all countries. Open to anyone who can submit scores and then just take top xx number of people. Would level the playing field a little bit since it seems many people have contacts at gigabyte and just automatically get picked?

[Vivi]

Yes! Cant wait for the locals, SA will be attending, just a matter of who wins the prelims!

Goodluck to seth Neo trax, the 4 of us gonna have an epic battle :D!

Gl luck ekky and alva! love u guys

hope to see you ausies again, T_m and dinoss!

[K404]

The UK is having a qualifier at the end of February in Milton Keynes. No guarantees obviously but Jabski an me are hoping to impress and hopefully we'll see the rest of the Euro guys in April for a beer or many :D

[Vivi]

i want to meet K404!!!!!!!!!

[K404]

Yea, but you're weird :p:

Im happy to meet anyone :D

[BenchZowner]

I like the greek contest :D

[carpo93]

in italy?

[Vivi]

Yea, but you're weird :p:

Im happy to meet anyone :D

pff we shall see :P

i'll work my hardest to get into this comp, give it my all!

[Felipe]

And Spain?? :(

[Benji Tshi]

For france it s EX58 Extreme + 940 or 965xe + 260GTX + 3*1Go kingston :D 4 Teams of 2 and afternoon with +100L LN2 :)

And a pretty bad selection, as usual...:shakes:

Boblemagnifique and Jmax_oc will be there, hs also, but i don't need the third one.

[FoX360]

And Spain?? :(

The last year Spain don't participate in this championship.... but MSI Championship yes, Predator and I am assist in netherlands last year in the european final msi.

:shakes:

[Deux]

Are the USA qualifiers invite only or can any compete?

I'm also interested in more info regarding the US qualifiers.

[Aerou]

Czech? Is there any info?

[T_M]

I heard mention that US will be in April....?

[TraX]

Looking forward to gunning for this one as well, really enjoyed the GOOC experience last year! :D

[N3RO]

Portugal is not included again :(

[Trouffman]

Hey guys ;) I can confirm that the france-Final is on the 28th february.

I'll schedule a live broadcast of this qualificiation !

For any other country jsut let me know by MP who's the organisators of your local competition and I'll contact them for the live broadcast too !

Hope to see you again guys :D

[Benji Tshi]

The last year Spain don't participate in this championship.... but MSI Championship yes, Predator and I am assist in netherlands last year in the european final msi.

:shakes:


Portugal is not included again :(


They could, at least, make a selection for several counties...:shrug::shakes:

[Sampsa]

Argh, Czech finals 24 - 25th of April? Even if I could qualify from Swedish finals to EU finals I've already booked 2 weeks vacation on Mauritius during that time :(

[Oliver]

Argh, Czech finals 24 - 25th of April? Even if I could qualify from Swedish finals to EU finals I've already booked 2 weeks vacation on Mauritius during that time :(sad regarding the conflict, but beside that ... seems like you will have a sweet trip going to india ...

[Benji Tshi]

Argh, Czech finals 24 - 25th of April? Even if I could qualify from Swedish finals to EU finals I've already booked 2 weeks vacation on Mauritius during that time :(

I am ready to replace you for any of your activities :rofl:

[Aerou]

Would be really good, if the first post would include confirmed dates and info bout each qualifiers and events (maybe sorted alphabetically by country)

[hixie]

I just got news that there will be no Hong Kong qualifying round, and ATM there are no plans to send anyone from HK to the finals :(

[dinos22]

as Tim says end of Feb for aussie qualifying and then Thailand trip in April for second round to qualify for Computex lol

[T_M]

Lcuky you are the offical beer wench then hixie, so you are a shoe in anyway

[hixie]

Lcuky you are the offical beer wench then hixie, so you are a shoe in anyway

And i see you're the official gigolo :rofl:

[Benny Lodewijk]

hahaha T_M got new calling name i think :rofl:

[NightRaven]

And i see you're the official gigolo :rofl:

as always my man as always :D

it's beer, booze, chicks and t_m!

roll with the man and ur going the right way haha~

[Lucky_n00b]

Hey NR, Long time no see buddy !! ;) ;)

U're Joining this event too, Right ? :D

[ryba]

Lol, like always Poland don't know anything :D

[Oliver]

hey ryba , same here lol ...

i got told yesterday , that the qualifications, already should been held and finished in denmark ... i was like huh? which :D

[Aerou]

Sweet, there will be finals in Czech Rep. but no qualifications? :D I wonder how that is going to turn out ... Fail? Don't get me wrong, but what exactly is so OPEN about it, if for many countries or people it is already CLOSED? P*sses me off for everyone involved

[G.Foyle]

Aerosupra;3648119']but what exactly is so OPEN about it, if for many countries or people it is already CLOSED?
+1
Same goes for most OC competitions, but at least they don't call them open.

[T_M]

Its a cross i bare

[Achill3uS]

hungarian qualify round will be a live event too, next week saturday. i will post some info and pictures ofc after its done :)

[Trouffman]

Achill3us I want to do a live broadcast ;) I'll send you a MP (later today) with evrything you need to know about that!

Confirmed : France qualification : On invitation.

Extrem Cooling (ln2) but not on VGA ;)

[OBR]

Welcome to PRAGUE to all!
I will be there Of Course ...

[Trouffman]

Welcome to PRAGUE to all!
I will be there Of Course ...

yeah :D I hope that I'll have the chance to meet you !

[Pt1t]

http://www.matbe.com/actualites/59771/gigabyte-open-overclocking-championship-2009/

News about french contest, The 28 february @ LDCL.fr

4 teams of 2 :
Snoop & Cydoo from Syndrome-OC
Jmax_oc & dami1stm from JMax-Hardware
HS & Redratamd) from Pc-OverWare
Boblemagnifique & me from IxtremTek & Matbe.com

Rig
LN2 : 100L // 25L par team
OS : Windows XP
CPU : Intel Core i7 940
MB : EX58-UD4P
VGA : N26OC-896H-B ( NV GTX260 )
RAM : KINGSTON KHX14400 (3X1Go Kits)
HDD : WESTERN DIGITAL (To be confirmed)
PSU : ENERMAX 85+

Benchmark :
3Dmark 2006 and Super pi 8M

[FatAlbert]

(...)

Benchmark :
3Dmark 2006 and Super pi 8M

Team Japan style ;) :D

[redratamd]

http://www.matbe.com/actualites/59771/gigabyte-open-overclocking-championship-2009/

News about french contest, The 28 february @ LDCL.fr

4 teams of 2 :
Snoop & Cydoo from Syndrome-OC
Jmax_oc & dami1stm from JMax-Hardware
HS & Redratamd) from Pc-OverWare
Boblemagnifique & me from IxtremTek & Matbe.com

Rig
LN2 : 100L // 25L par team
OS : Windows XP
CPU : Intel Core i7 940
MB : EX58-UD4P
VGA : N26OC-896H-B ( NV GTX260 )
RAM : KINGSTON KHX14400 (3X1Go Kits)
HDD : WESTERN DIGITAL (To be confirmed)
PSU : ENERMAX 85+

Benchmark :
3Dmark 2006 and Super pi 8M

:p:

[OBR]

Our regional contest was in january : here are reports ...

http://www.pc.sk/modules.php?name=article&what=read&v=1231973366
http://pctuning.tyden.cz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12425&Itemid=57

http://pctuning.tyden.cz/ilustrace3/Sulc/oc_sk_09/dusik_kybl.jpg

http://www.pretaktovanie.sk/obr/ocsk_ch/Clanok/pct_v_akcii.jpg

Our setup ... results are bad, coldbug was at - 60 degerees ...

[NightRaven]

Hey NR, Long time no see buddy !! ;) ;)

U're Joining this event too, Right ? :D

haha hey alva!

haha i dont know actually. no news but i think yes.

[Aerou]

It's a shame that the pseudo-Czech qualifications were actually a Slovak contest. Don't want to dig why it is now marked as Czech, when only overclockers from Slovakia could enter the qualifications. It is not my intent to spoil anything, but to such behaviour I have to express my disagreement, and also IMO it is unfair, since it effectively cuts away a huge chance for talented Czech overclockers ( with limited funds ) to prove themselfs.

Hey, where are the DANISH? :toast:

[Oliver]

as said hehe , i got told it should where held some time ago, but no information what so ever about that ...

so seems like we are in same boat hehe

keep pushing it guys

[Solid Snake]

and Mexico? :eek:

[OBR]

Date Event change: 17.4-18.4 !

[A2C]

The Slovak qualification was too bad, every CPU-s what we have there was been Engeniering Sample from other series and every one are been tested before the qualification by editors. Between the boards we have sample boards, some of the rams wouldn´t like go whith Core I7 on high frequency.

But i´m soo happy from the meeting whith Czech overclockers, and my friend OBR :up:


Aerosupra;3650178']It's a shame that the pseudo-Czech qualifications were actually a Slovak contest. Don't want to dig why it is now marked as Czech, when only overclockers from Slovakia could enter the qualifications. It is not my intent to spoil anything, but to such behaviour I have to express my disagreement, and also IMO it is unfair, since it effectively cuts away a huge chance for talented Czech overclockers ( with limited funds ) to prove themselfs.


I´m agree whith this. Maybe i can win this qualification :-D

[NeoForce]

Russian qualification will be on 28th February.
Me, DeDaL and pofigist will participate for sure and 7 other guys from pre-qualifying.
But I still don`t know the rules :D
Weird Russian office

[V2-V3]

Where is USA registration?

[dinos22]

first round is over here

http://www.theoverclocker.com/gooc/leaderboard.html

lots of known names will be in sydney for 28th Sydney qualifications

me , deanzo, youngpro, T_M and bob(NZ) will fight it out for Thai comp (two spots available)

[MACMAC]

first round is over here

http://www.theoverclocker.com/gooc/leaderboard.html

lots of known names will be in sydney for 28th Sydney qualifications

me , deanzo, youngpro, T_M and bob(NZ) will fight it out for Thai comp (two spots available)

Best of luck! :up:

Hope to see you guys in TW again, but with greater success :rofl:

[dinos22]

Best of luck! :up:

Hope to see you guys in TW again, but with greater success :rofl:

next time we'll tell the organiser to set a parameter that protects us from MACMAC's plague bad luck.....we had the worst luck and since you were mainly standing around us and italians they ended up having equally as bad a luck :rofl:




j/k

look forward to seeing you if i make it :up:

[TheKarmakazi]

Where is USA registration?

I would also like to know?

[3oh6]

how about Canada...you going to forget we exist again Gigabyte?

and the only reason you had Macmac's bad luck Dino...is because he stole my spot. you could have had my bad luck hovering around you for the event :D

[[XC] gomeler]

I'm trying to get in touch with Angela Lan, the American Gigabyte rep I work with. Will try to find out details on the US competition and Canadian eligibility. Maybe if there were more than 2 Canadian's they'd raise some interest ;)

[dinos22]

how about Canada...you going to forget we exist again Gigabyte?

and the only reason you had Macmac's bad luck Dino...is because he stole my spot. you could have had my bad luck hovering around you for the event :D

hey believe me i gave him a hard time as soon as he introduced himself :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: WHERE IS 3oh6 i said :D? He was saying something about you being gay ....i forgot the rest but it was a pretty compelling argument in the end why he was chosen to come :p: j/k



in terms of our comp it was actually open to other countries as well but i think Deanzo and T_M that are coming from overseas have to foot the travel bill themselves from New Zealand and Indonesia

[3oh6]

gomeler;3657857']I'm trying to get in touch with Angela Lan, the American Gigabyte rep I work with. Will try to find out details on the US competition and Canadian eligibility. Maybe if there were more than 2 Canadian's they'd raise some interest ;)
fair enough...you offer a valid argument :)

if you could find out about Canadian eligibility for the US competition that would be great. might be worth the trip if it fits into my schedule. much appreciated :up:


hey believe me i gave him a hard time as soon as he introduced himself :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: WHERE IS 3oh6 i said :D? He was saying something about you being gay ....i forgot the rest but it was a pretty compelling argument in the end why he was chosen to come :p: j/k
yeah that about sounds right for Mac...resorting to my sexuality. i'll still argue to this day that i thought that dude was a chick...it was Mac that told me foresure she was a he, i guess he found out the hard way :D

[hey]

wow another oc competition ? eu looks great since easy to travel :D i hope Turkiye is included too, cause haven't heard anything about a local competition.. whatever.. good luck too all guys ;)

edit:

just checked with giga-tr, Turkiye will not involved :(

[Harshal]

Nothing on India's part but I am hoping I am there for ASIA-Pacific finals in Thailand.

Hope to meet everyone!

[V2-V3]

Any news on the USA qualification round?

[Deux]

Any news on the USA qualification round?

Seconded

[V2-V3]

Anyone have the contact info for Gigabyte USA or North American office?

[T_M]

Nothing on India's part

Would be a funny competition with only you there :ROTF:

[sno.lcn]

Anyone have the contact info for Gigabyte USA or North American office?

Yeah, Chris already said he's going to check on it :up:

[Jor3lBR]

I would be all in for the 1st stage:
"1st stage :
- Must use any type of GIGABYTE P45 DDR2 boards
- Any type of LGA775 CPU, DDR2 RAM, VGA, HDD, and PSU is allowed
- For OS, only WinXP SP2/SP3 and WinVista is allowed
- 20 contestants, 2 session(10 contestant each), individuals only, no teams
- Scoring consists of : Suicide Clock(20 mins),Suicide FSB(20 mins), Suicide RAM Clock(15 mins), and SuperPI 1M(25 mins)
- 5 contestant per session will be allowed to participate in 2nd stage"

But would get a$$ wooped on 2nd stage and i7 (:shrug:).

[TiTON]

I would be all in for the 1st stage:
"1st stage :
- Must use any type of GIGABYTE P45 DDR2 boards
- Any type of LGA775 CPU, DDR2 RAM, VGA, HDD, and PSU is allowed
- For OS, only WinXP SP2/SP3 and WinVista is allowed
- 20 contestants, 2 session(10 contestant each), individuals only, no teams
- Scoring consists of : Suicide Clock(20 mins),Suicide FSB(20 mins), Suicide RAM Clock(15 mins), and SuperPI 1M(25 mins)
- 5 contestant per session will be allowed to participate in 2nd stage"

But would get a$$ wooped on 2nd stage and i7 (:shrug:).


Jor3lBR - is that the US rules Or is that something you are suggesting as a format?

[SoF]

Argh, Czech finals 24 - 25th of April? Even if I could qualify from Swedish finals to EU finals I've already booked 2 weeks vacation on Mauritius during that time :(

and there goes your vacation :ROTF:

nothing heard in germany yet - too bad as I am not too far away and finally a competition not on the other side of the globe ;)

[Sampsa]

and there goes your vacation :ROTF:

Already tried to cancel it but my gf didn't approve :shrug:

[Slovnaft]

Jor3lBR - is that the US rules Or is that something you are suggesting as a format?

IS there a US comp?!?

[Jor3lBR]

Jor3lBR - is that the US rules Or is that something you are suggesting as a format?

No those are rules I pasted from 1st page, no relation to the USA rules.

[ryba]

Poland Team: me and Chaos ;] See you there!

[Fr3ak]

I asked Gigabyte Germany today, so it should be clear if there will be some kind of competition in order to participate.

[[XC] gomeler]

Yeah, Chris already said he's going to check on it :up:

Invite only from what I can gather talking to Angela. They are inviting 2 Canadians, 3oh6 for a short period of time was both Canadian entries when I mentioned him to Angela :eek: Competition will be April 24th-25th in LA, not sure on the venue but I imagine it's the golf resort they keep shacking us up in.

[nut311]

Good luck for my friend Lucy_n00b, ekky , and hazzan i prediction you're on the Top Finals country region:up:

[TheKarmakazi]

gomeler;3661691']Invite only from what I can gather talking to Angela. They are inviting 2 Canadians, 3oh6 for a short period of time was both Canadian entries when I mentioned him to Angela :eek: Competition will be April 24th-25th in LA, not sure on the venue but I imagine it's the golf resort they keep shacking us up in.

Invite? Why not an open competition? If you can pay to travel to them I dont see why they would want to restrict it... Seems many other countries are open comps...

:down::down::down:

[[XC] gomeler]

Invite? Why not an open competition? If you can pay to travel to them I dont see why they would want to restrict it... Seems many other countries are open comps...

:down::down::down:

Contact gigabyte-USA and tell them this. I am just relaying what little info I gathered in a 3 minute conversation. Seems GOOC is improving every year, hopefully they'll keep funding it and standardize it globally. I personally don't think it's fair that they'll only be inviting 2 from USA when we have as many benchers as Europe combined.

[TheKarmakazi]

gomeler;3663973']Contact gigabyte-USA and tell them this. I am just relaying what little info I gathered in a 3 minute conversation. Seems GOOC is improving every year, hopefully they'll keep funding it and standardize it globally. I personally don't think it's fair that they'll only be inviting 2 from USA when we have as many benchers as Europe combined.

Yeah I wasnt meaning to sound frusterated with you... cant shoot the messenger. I'll call gigabyte today maybe next year will be different

[Gautam]

It's the economy if I had to guess. This isn't a climate that's conducive to holding a contest involving a lot of expensive hardware and expensive prizes.

[V2-V3]

WOw, only 2 invites for the US????

how do they make their selection?

[Jor3lBR]

WOw, only 2 invites for the US????

how do they make their selection?

+1 how unfair, this cannot be called a 'Championship' at all.

How the Fifa World Cup will go if only 2 teams in Europe where invited? :shrug:

[sno.lcn]

Wasn't it 4 total from the US last year?

[T_M]

Correct, but lets face facts and think about budget restrictions
How many people from Asia Pacific do you think will be going to Taiwan?

[Vivi]

we'll be having our regionals the 1st weekend of march :)

lets hope for the best, goodluck to all

[hicookie]

WOw, only 2 invites for the US????

how do they make their selection?

US will have 2, one team is the freestyle champion last year, the other one
will come out from NA regional final ( semi-final), total has 2 present NA.

from europe same case, one is last year battle for best P45 winner(sweden), and one will be out from regional final.

pan-asis & china, each area has one team for worldwide final(taipei)

so, total has 6 teams will join the final competition in taipei.

hicookie

[TiTON]

Hey Hicookie,

Are you going to fly in for the US Qualifier? It would be great to see you again.

- Ton

[GoriLLakoS]

In Greece, tje qualification right now is like this

Single Card :
1. billpeppas 82357 - i7-920 @ 4000Mhz - nVIDIA Geforce GTX 280 @ 756/1332 - for GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34509&postcount=97)
2. hipro5 81694 - E8600 @ 3998Mhz - ATI 4870 914/1305 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34421&postcount=501)
3. Spiderdim 73988 - Intel QX6700 @ 3880Mhz - GTX280 STOCK air For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34316&postcount=495)

Multiple Cards :
1. gprhellas 87863 - E8600 @ 3998 - 9800GX2 ON LN2 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34699&postcount=537)
2. aristidis 87811 - E8600 @ 3998 - GTX295 Water For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34599&postcount=528)
3. Stelaras 87442 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34078&postcount=427)
4. NIKOSE 85359 Intel E8600 @ 3998Mhz ATI Radeon 4870X2 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33707&postcount=317)
4. gregorisvas 81346 - Core i7 965 @ 4000MHz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33370&postcount=237)
6. dread77 76552 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - Radeon 3870X2 air Jordan- For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34264&postcount=482)

The 1st form the Single card and the 1st of the Multiple Cards will go the the finals ;)

Test : 3DMark01 with limitation to CPU at 4000MHz

[hicookie]

In Greece, tje qualification right now is like this

Single Card :
1. billpeppas 82357 - i7-920 @ 4000Mhz - nVIDIA Geforce GTX 280 @ 756/1332 - for GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34509&postcount=97)
2. hipro5 81694 - E8600 @ 3998Mhz - ATI 4870 914/1305 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34421&postcount=501)
3. Spiderdim 73988 - Intel QX6700 @ 3880Mhz - GTX280 STOCK air For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34316&postcount=495)

Multiple Cards :
1. gprhellas 87863 - E8600 @ 3998 - 9800GX2 ON LN2 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34699&postcount=537)
2. aristidis 87811 - E8600 @ 3998 - GTX295 Water For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34599&postcount=528)
3. Stelaras 87442 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34078&postcount=427)
4. NIKOSE 85359 Intel E8600 @ 3998Mhz ATI Radeon 4870X2 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33707&postcount=317)
4. gregorisvas 81346 - Core i7 965 @ 4000MHz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33370&postcount=237)
6. dread77 76552 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - Radeon 3870X2 air Jordan- For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34264&postcount=482)

The 1st form the Single card and the 1st of the Multiple Cards will go the the finals ;)

Test : 3DMark01 with limitation to CPU at 4000MHz

woa, looks really exciting, tweaking more:)

[Vapor]

US will have 2, one team is the freestyle champion last year, the other one
will come out from NA regional final ( semi-final), total has 2 present NA.

from europe same case, one is last year battle for best P45 winner(sweden), and one will be out from regional final.

pan-asis & china, each area has one team for worldwide final(taipei)

so, total has 6 teams will join the final competition in taipei.

hicookie:woot: to the bold part

Was just talking to Angela today and she didn't tell me that :p:

Hopefully I can make regionals this year anyway, overlaps with finals though :(

[Vivi]

Our qualifier looks like this:

How the qualifying will work

The qualifying will end on Sunday, 8 March 2009 at 00:00 (GMT+2)

The qualifying will be online only. Competitors will run a series of benchmarks and depending on their score will be awarded points for having a top 5 result.

Competitors will need to run the following benchmarks.

3DMark 2001SE 3.3.0
3DMark 2006 1.1.0
Aquamark 3
Super PI 1.5 mod XS

Points will be awarded as follows.
1st place - 8 points
2nd place - 5 points
3rd place - 3 points
4th place - 2 points
5th place - 1 point

Qualifying rules & restrictions

General Rules

All submissions must be uploaded to SystemShock and be accompanied by a screenshot as well as a link to a valid hwbot submission.
All benchmarks are to be run on their default settings.
In the event of a tie the person with the highest 3DMark 2006 score will be crowned champion.
Prizes are not transferable and may not be exchanged for cash.
Competition is open to residents of the Republic of South Africa only. You must be living in RSA at the time of the qualifying.
In line with hwbot rules the following is also not allowed;
mipmap tweaking
any software or human interaction altering the perceived speed of the benchmark program, tricking it to believe it ran faster
wireframe hacks: any software or driver causing a benchmark program not (properly) render the textures
rendered image differs too much from the original due to other software tweaking

Screenshot requirements

Screenshots must comply with hwbot standards.

Hardware restrictions
Motherboard brand must be GIGABYTE
Graphics card brand must be NVIDIA
CPU brand must be Intel
Only single slot graphics cards may be used
No I7 or quad core processors may be used

[ghost_recon88]

+1 how unfair, this cannot be called a 'Championship' at all.

How the Fifa World Cup will go if only 2 teams in Europe where invited? :shrug:

These are hardly championships at all, more like marketing and publicity stunts. Any record that get's set at these will more or less be broken a few weeks later by someone here who wasn't invited :rofl:

[Gautam]

In Greece, tje qualification right now is like this

The 1st form the Single card and the 1st of the Multiple Cards will go the the finals ;)

Test : 3DMark01 with limitation to CPU at 4000MHz

That is soooo awesome. This how all qualifications should be. Best tweaker wins, I love it.

[TheKarmakazi]

That is soooo awesome. This how all qualifications should be. Best tweaker wins, I love it.

Exactly this should be an open competition for anyone to give it a shot... And the qualifications should be kept to tweaking skills like a 32M low clock challenge or 2001 LCC. That eliminates having to bin hardware and eliminates freak cpus making one team impossible to beat. (while at the same time keeping costs down for gigabyte - no LN2 needed, no binning of hardware needed, etc)

I dont see how they can call it a championship with private invitations and no qualifiers :down::shakes:

[Vivi]

That is soooo awesome. This how all qualifications should be. Best tweaker wins, I love it.

yo gautam, i understand your point of view, but a good tweaker who has never ran ln2 before will win the low clock challenge but fail horribly at a World Wide event under pressure and new to ln2. best tweaker doesnt define The Best overclocker is what i mean. (who knows if the guy beating hipro5 because he has i7 and 1x280 knows how to run ln2 at a competition vs all the pro's, or have run ln2 at all, and we know hipro is no weak tweaker so he gave his best entering) i could be completely wrong, i do not know the guy so sorry if im wrong!!

-tweaking
-insulating
-know how during ln2 (troubleshooting, coldbug controll etc) [you should know you ran 2x4870x2 on ln2, its tough not all can do it)
-vmodding
-gpu freezing

etc.. if you have all those you should go through, but yea hardware varies allot, and comps will never be fair enough (someone will always be unhappy)

but i understand not everyone has hardware to compete vs a guy with 6ghz dual core. but there is no way to make overclocking a 100% fair sport ;).

This card i bought with my own money to enter ;p.. im stil in school so not much funding, but luckily i get sponsors for other things like motherboards !

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7758/gx21.jpg

System for this weekend to enter:
Ep45T Extreme (640 fsb+)
E8600 ln2
9800gx2 ln2
should give me good global 2001 while im at it!

[BenchZowner]

yo gautam, i understand your point of view, but a good tweaker who has never ran ln2 before will win the low clock challenge but fail horribly at a World Wide event under pressure and new to ln2. best tweaker doesnt define The Best overclocker is what i mean. (who knows if the guy beating hipro5 because he has i7 and 1x280 knows how to run ln2 at a competition vs all the pro's, or have run ln2 at all, and we know hipro is no weak tweaker so he gave his best entering) i could be completely wrong, i do not know the guy so sorry if im wrong!!

You are right.
That's why the final scores will be "verified" by bringing in the contestants after the contest ends to let them perform their magic live and see if they did nothing wrong and they're on par ;)
Modding, insulating & LN2 "control" capabilities are also needed, so a check up on that is recommended :)

By the way, I'm the guy :p:

[Vivi]

oooh SHIZ!!
sorry man! see what i mean, from my side i just saw an air system and someone i didnt know ;p

sorry zowner did not mean it :worship:
thanks for agree'ing

[BenchZowner]

oooh SHIZ!!
sorry man! see what i mean, from my side i just saw an air system and someone i didnt know ;p

sorry zowner did not mean it :worship:
thanks for agree'ing

No need to apologize Vivi ;)
You did nothing wrong, just stated the not so obvious ( but reasonable of course ).

Unless someone borrows me a nFORCE 790i motherboard I'll play with single card and i7 more than likely just to give Hipro5 some competition.

Since Hipro5 is competing in the Single-GPU category, his partner will be drawn from the Multi-GPU category, so it'll be Stelios, gprhellas, dread77, or me ( if I find a 790i board since SLI isn't working with the X58 chipset in 3D Mark2001SE :( ).

Hope to meet you there man ;)

[Vivi]

awesome man :)

hope to see you there!
which countries are going to thailand pre-finals?

[[XC] gomeler]

That is soooo awesome. This how all qualifications should be. Best tweaker wins, I love it.

Not a fan, those of us that enjoy brute forcing benchmarks get left out. I don't care if my efficiency is 90% of the next guys if my frequencies and mods yield 110% higher performance. This might always be my downfall but it's more fun building crazy contraptions to cool random stuff :cool:

[Frank M]

And the qualifications should be kept to tweaking skills like a 32M low clock challenge or 2001 LCC. That eliminates having to bin hardware and eliminates freak cpus making one team impossible to beat.

BTW the Hungarian qualifications round was held last Saturday.
Invitational, two teams: Hun eXtreme OC Team and OC Team Hungary

EX58-d4-something, i940 and GTX260, 3×1GB kingston and buffalo SSD;
plus lots of LN2. No modifications were allowed to the gfx card, though,
stock cooler and stock volts on that front.

There were two challenges: first SPi 8M then 3dm06.

Hun eXtreme OC team had better luck with the cpu, managing ~4.8G;
OC Team Hungary got a worse bin, only reaching 4.65G, and while
they got closer than that %-wise with tweaking, they couldn't make up
the difference.
This eventually sealed the result, as 3d06 scores only got half as many
points: OC-T-H got 3-400 more 3d06 points despite the lower cpu clock,
but as H-X-OC-T won SPi, they also won the qualification.

So you'll be seeing H-X-OC-T at the next round.
Good luck to all contestants!

[blind_ripper]

any word on the benelux???

[Pt1t]

any word on the benelux???

Website is finished and will be online tomorow :p:

edit : I got rules of online contest !

[elmor]

Today we had the Swedish qualifying final for the European final, which Crotale won with least possible margin :D Full results are avaliable here: http://www.elmor.se/gooc/

[massman]

You didn't participate, Elmor?

[giorgioprimo]

italian selection on 28 - 29 of march.
ten teams will partecipate.

OFFICIAL SITE (http://gooc.nexthardware.com/)

[hiwa]

:up: nica to see italian GOOC giorgioprimo

:up:

[elmor]

You didn't participate, Elmor?

No, I will go directly to TW with Petri as last years champions. I helped organize the event though, will post pictures later.

[G H Z]

gomeler;3676732']Not a fan, those of us that enjoy brute forcing benchmarks get left out. I don't care if my efficiency is 90% of the next guys if my frequencies and mods yield 110% higher performance. This might always be my downfall but it's more fun building crazy contraptions to cool random stuff :cool:

You can't take that quote too literally, Gautam is no stranger to insane clocks. He takes them for granted when making this statement. The idea he is embracing has a lot of merit in a competition like this that has seen hardware decide outcomes. I would also agree you cannot leave out the things Vivi mentioned. Depending on the hardware used in a qualifier or final, the limit could be set somewhere in the range you would only reach on LN2, that way you ensure the tweaker or the hardware alone will not dominate the field.

[Trouffman]

Hey guys !

Once Again I'll broadcast live the GOOC 2009 french final ! (http://www.overclocking-tv.com)

Start @ 2pm and end at 5pm (GMT+1)!

Nice done @ Crotale ^^

[Mean Machine]

Dang it, I wish I had got out those additional 104 points in the SM3.0 tests... But someone has to join crotale, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that someone being me. :)

[Viss]

Go go go me Benelux friends :up:

http://gooc2009.giga-byte.nl

[blind_ripper]

im ready ;), orderd gigabyte board today ;).
2cpu's ready :D, 3 kits of mem ;).

:( I7 will own spi 4m :(, its gone be hard with these wolfy's here.

btw loc.c u know who's judging for benelux ?

[dinos22]

congrats crotale

Dang it, I wish I had got out those additional 104 points in the SM3.0 tests... But someone has to join crotale, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that someone being me. :)


doesnt crotale pick his travel partner on the day?!?!?

[Mean Machine]

congrats crotale



doesnt crotale pick his travel partner on the day?!?!?

If he did, he at least didn't pick me. It seems that the Gigabyte Nordic office want's to do that job for him, maybe I disappointed them last time or whatnot... It'd been logical if it were first and second placed contestants (not like last year when I finished third... :ROTF:) who got to go to the European finals, but I just have to wait and see. At least I got a tri-channel kit of Kingston HyperX PC14400 out of it, if nothing else. :)

EDIT: Oh, I haven't even congratulated Robert here... Well done, crotale!

[Hazzan]

Indonesian Qualification today.......Feb 28 2009...:):)

[Vivi]

gl to u ! alva ekky and they other indonesion guys! :)

[hipro5]

Good luck to all competitors... :) :up:

[BenchZowner]

Good luck everybody, and remember fun comes first ;)

[ME4ME]

Congrats Crotale! :up:

It was very nice to bench with you guys at the Swedish finals! Really a lot of fun :) Superpi went great.. but then when benching 3d.. 1 weird coldbug -> system crash -> weird things happend... system wouldn't boot for like 40 minuts :confused:

I also want to thank Gigabyte! They were very friendly, and did a good job on the organisation! :clap:

[ole_cm87]

gl to u ! alva ekky and they other indonesion guys! :)

ekky & alva has qualified to final :up:

[Mean Machine]

Congrats Crotale! :up:

It was very nice to bench with you guys at the Swedish finals! Really a lot of fun :) Superpi went great.. but then when benching 3d.. 1 weird coldbug -> system crash -> weird things happend... system wouldn't boot for like 40 minuts :confused:

I also want to thank Gigabyte! They were very friendly, and did a good job on the organisation! :clap:

I had the same problem during the SuperPI hour, I got like two results through or something, neither one of them was any good, really. The 3DMark part was way better though, just one crash due to 150MHz too high CPU frequency. :)

[crotale]

Good luck to all competitors... :) :up:

Hi Hipro, are you going to the EU finals?

[BenchZowner]

Hi Hipro, are you going to the EU finals?

He is participating in the Greek preliminaries and I'm quite sure that he'll end up on top and come to the European finals.
;)

[hipro5]

Hi Hipro, are you going to the EU finals?

I hope so my friend.... :)
I want to meet new guys plus the "old dogs" plus Truff.... :D

[crotale]

I hope so my friend.... :)
I want to meet new guys plus the "old dogs" plus Truff.... :D

Cool, make it happen! :)

[hipro5]

I'm trying.... but these new guys are tough.... :D

EDIT: Truff....I'm seeing you on TV sucker.... :p: :D

[Trouffman]

ah ah ah hipro :D ^^

French qualification at the moment : www.overclocking-tv.com

still few minutes for the first round !

[ekky]

gl to u ! alva ekky and they other indonesion guys! :)

thanks vivi...good luck to you too...:)
me, alva, and hazzan will compete today for final match...

[Trouffman]

French SuperPi 8M round finish :

Dam1stn & jmax_oc : 1min 38.453 sec
hs & redratamd : 1min 43.781
Snoop & Cydoo : 1min 44.953
Bob & Pt1T : 1min 47.047

[crotale]

French SuperPi 8M round finish :

Dam1stn & jmax_oc : 1min 38.453 sec
hs & redratamd : 1min 43.781
Snoop & Cydoo : 1min 44.953
Bob & Pt1T : 1min 47.047

Very close to the Swedish scores. I guess they were running around 4.75 for that 1:38 run. :)

[Trouffman]

yep around 4.785GHZ



Comme nous vous l'annoncions nous sommes aujorud'hui en coverage spécial à LDLC Paris pour le GOOC 2009 !

Nous vous invitons dans un premier temps à nous rejoindre sur le Live Broadcast de l'événement qui est actuellement en route (http://www.overclocking-tv.com) !

La premiére phase de la compétition portant sur le meilleur score SuperPi 8M est désormais terminé, jmax_oc et Dam1stn arrivent en tête avec un CPU proche de 4.8 Ghz et un score de 1min 38.453 sec.

Hs et redratamd arrivent second avec 1min 43.781 et troisieme Cydoo et Snoop avec 1min 44.953, notons que ces deux équipes overclocke pour la prmeiére fois une configuration X58/ Core i7 ce est bien sur une trés belle prouesse. Chaque équipe bench respectivement à 4.48Ghz et 4.6Ghz.


http://img.syndrome-oc.net/kirikou/2009/02-February/SOCTrouffman-20090213-204228.jpg

Enfin Bob et pt1t on eu des soucis des souci en tirant le plus mauvais CPU en pouvant bencher uniquement à4.4Ghz, ils n'ont réussi sà fir eun score que de 1min 47.047.

La seconde partie de la compétition lancée depuis plus de 45minutes et nous vous informerons dés la sortie des résultats !

Rejoignz nous sur le forum ou nous posterons des photos (http://soj.mesdiscussions.net/soj/Overclocking/qualification-francaise-gooc2009-sujet_2576_1.htm) trés prochainement !




In french of course 'xD !

Source : Syndrome-OC (http://www.syndrome-oc.net/archives.php?id=4452)

[Trouffman]

Aprés les scores du SuperPi 8M (http://www.syndrome-oc.net/archives.php?id=4452), voici les résultats pour la seconde et derniére phrase :

Dam1stn & jmax_oc : SM 3.0 : 9838 / Total score : 23530
hs & redratamd : SM 3.0 : 9494 / Total score : 22697
Snoop & Cydoo : SM 3.0 : 9221 / Total score : 22559
Bob & Pt1T : SM 3.0 : 8778 / Total score : 21396


Deux benchs différents, deux fois le même classement le resultat seras donc :

Bob & Pt1t qui reparte avec un kit triple channel DDR3 3*1Go 1800 Kingston.
Snoop & Cydoo gagnent une Alimentation ENERMAX 85+
hs & redratamd remporte la carte graphique GTX 260 et la carte mére X58-UD4P gigabyte, tandis que Dam1stn & jmax_oc gagnent leurs billet sopur les finale européenne à prague en Avril prochain !

Merci d'avoir suivit le Live et tenez vous pret pour un compte rendus dans les prochains jours !

Venez discuter et voir les photos dans quelques heures sur le topic dédié en suivant la source!

http://soj.mesdiscussions.net/soj/Overclocking/qualification-francaise-gooc2009-sujet_2576_1.htm



As you can see Jmax and Dam1stn will be in prague for the EU final !

[K404]

Jabski + me didnt win the UK leg. We had a crappy CPU for the SuperPi section and we were too slow/hungover to change it over in time.

A guy called Phil won :D He'll be at the euro finals with Thickbrit

[BenchZowner]

Jabski + me didnt win the UK leg. We had a crappy CPU for the SuperPi section and we were too slow/hungover to change it over in time.

A guy called Phil won :D He'll be at the euro finals with Thickbrit

Sorry to hear that Kenny :(
Better luck next time ;)

[K404]

Thanks Bill :D Im not down about it...I had a great day finally getting to meet people :D

I love LN2 now :D

[Trouffman]

Thanks Bill :D Im not down about it...I had a great day finally getting to meet people :D

I love LN2 now :D

Does that mean you'll stop phase-change ? xD (just kidding)

[K404]

:D I've not touched phase for years... iv been all about dry-ice since C2D came out :D

[BenchZowner]

The 3D Mark2001SE Low Clock Challenge for the Greek qualifiers was a great idea ( not saying that because I was "involuntarily" a part of the team who thought of this :p: ) but also a "painful" process due to CPU Limitations.
It's a good challenge though, everyone's working hard ( I know someone who's benching every day for 12h hours or even more :D ).

[jmax_oc]

Very close to the Swedish scores. I guess they were running around 4.75 for that 1:38 run. :)
Hello,
yes 4738 for this run. We make after the competition 1mn35sxxx at 23x214=4922Mhz. What will be your partner in Prague ?


Last thing, my partner isn't Dam1stn like I always read in Syndrome OC but Dami1stm :yepp:


Do we have informations for the EU finals ? (setup, cooling, vmods ...)

[Deanzo]

Big Congrats to Dino for winning the Aussie heat in Sydney last night.

I came in 2nd so Dino and I are off to Thailand for the next leg.

[Pt1t]

Congrats to winners and to the organisation of france GOOC.

Boblemagnifique and me were very very disapointed about the 940 es we got ! This CPU was simply the worst i7 i ever seen ...
A nice 3Dmark 2006 to 4050Mhz and Super Pi 8M to 4300Mhz :rofl: .

[dinos22]

thanks Dean

it was a close one as usual.

This is the hardware we used

Intel Core i7 Extreme 965
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P
ENERMAX Revolution85+ 1050W
GIGABYTE GV-N26-896H-B (GTX260 65nm)
KINGSTON KHX14400D3K3/3GX

i cant remember exact results but i think it was something along the lines of

1st Round > 3DMARK Vantage
dinos22 > 13,010
deanzo > 12,8xx
bobnz > 12,3xx
T_M > 11,9xx i think....cant recall

I was testing CPU clocks during start of the first round.....pretty sure T_M's chip was good for 4.7GHz or more cant recall exactly, deanzo was in mid 4.6GHz, my chip was at first maxing out at 4.7GHz but later i found 31xmulti along with 1.575v uncore and 1.58vcore helped me push to 4.8GHz (13K run) and later just messing with clocks i ended up crashing CPU tests at ~4870....my GPU was clocking past deanzo's but i must have had some throttling or instability as my GPU points were somewhat less efficient than his....i didnt really do any tweaking at all....just brute runs.....i posted the first and my highest score around half hour mark and then tried to improve it with some more CPU clocks and slight GPU clock increases but was always some 30-60 points within the initial score...later i tested RAM a little in prep for second round seeing that my 13K will hold out. Deanzo gave it a good bash starting with low 12K and slowing inching up and up with 150point increases :up:....in the end it was a fairly close finish :)

2nd Round > 32M SuperPi
dinos22 > 7m28s
deanzo > 7m41s
bobnz > 8m13s ??
T_M > no sure?!?

Second round was not as straight forward for me. i ran into some difficulties. My setup was acting up and i could not do 32M at same or similar clocks to vantage clocks :rolleyes:. i was struggling to get runs done at anything decent and as i never really bench vista for superpi also stuggled with the OS....i decided to just ignore what was going on around me and got stuck into tweaking the OS....turning off services and just trimming it a fair bit...also experimented with maxmem and had to turn it off and leave it at default........the clock was ticking away and i was still not hitting the clocks i wanted....deanzo came up with his fastest time on first run at 7m41s...he was benching ~4.95GHz. i honestly thought that i would be doing those clocks dead easy with a CPU that could bench vantage semi stable at high 4.8GHzlol....after some trial and error i decide to back off on the RAM and get some runs on the board....first bench was at 4.8GHz with 7m45s.....was happy with the efficiency considering it was vista, no wazza/maxmem and semi bloated OS. i knew i had stronger efficiency than deanzo but had to fight clocks and started slowly nudging them up and posted 7m39s, next was 7m33s and last run from memory was around 4920MHz and ended up at 7m28s to finish the comp...improvements came from CPU clocks rises and tweaking RAM primary and secondary timings as my runs went on into the comp....

my CPU cold bug was -87C, deanzo's was -84C i think and i think T_M said high -70s, not sure on bobnz's chip


it will be great to team up with you in Thailand in april and all the boys competing for Taipei global finals qualification :up:

Nick did a good job organising the event in Sydney

good luck to James tomorrow....I hope everything will go smoothly with his bone marrow transplant and that he will make a swift recovery :). I was looking forward to seeign him in sydney but it wasnt to be :)

[BenchZowner]

Good luck tomorrow James, hope everything goes well :)

Congrats Dino & Deanzo ;)
Timmy had lots of beers before the benching ? :D

[hipro5]

Congrats to the guys that made it..... :)

The others who are still "fighting" and will fight, have luck with the cpus - most of all - .... :D

[dinos22]

Good luck tomorrow James, hope everything goes well :)

Congrats Dino & Deanzo ;)
Timmy had lots of beers before the benching ? :D

maaaaaaaaan we were all thirsty as hell and kept slamming those beers one after another

none of us got drunk but we were certainly happy

tip to Gigabyte for future events
make sure beer is unlimited on the tap :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[NeoForce]

News from Russia!
Winner - Vinni Bago - Team TopMods.NET
2nd place - DeDaL - Team TopMods.NET
3rd place - oDDiTy - TotalOverclock Team

Me and VinniBago will arrive to European competition

[Trouffman]

Nice to see qualification starting to end soon :D ^^ Let's try to be and meet around "unlimited" beer @Prague

[hipro5]

News from Russia!
Winner - Vinni Bago - Team TopMods.NET
2nd place - DeDaL - Team TopMods.NET
3rd place - oDDiTy - TotalOverclock Team

Me and VinniBago will arrive to European competition

Which were the benches?
At what frequencies the did the guys benched?

[hipro5]

US will have 2, one team is the freestyle champion last year, the other one
will come out from NA regional final ( semi-final), total has 2 present NA.

from europe same case, one is last year battle for best P45 winner(sweden), and one will be out from regional final.

pan-asis & china, each area has one team for worldwide final(taipei)

so, total has 6 teams will join the final competition in taipei.

hicookie

One question...

Are the European finals are going to take place at 17 - 18 of April?....Because theses days are our EASTER days and I don't think that I will participate if so though....... :(

[massman]

Yes, 17-18th :(

[ryba]

One question...

Are the European finals are going to take place at 17 - 18 of April?....Because theses days are our EASTER days and I don't think that I will participate if so though....... :(

ehhh, you don't have lucky with events last time :(. I hope think about this, and you will be there in Prah :)

[Achill3uS]

Nice to see qualification starting to end soon :D ^^ Let's try to be and meet around "unlimited" beer @Prague

thanks for the live steam about the french qualification yesterday Trouffman it was really cool ;)

btw, ive forgot to show up some info about the hungarian qualification round wich was at feb 21th, last weekend. sadly we were passed in 8M so with 2 participant competition means who got better (cpu) SPI result wins, 3DM06 cannot change anything. so the results:

HUN eXtreme OC Team: 8M @ 4807 MHz @ 1'39.0xx
OCTeamHungary: 8M @ 4645 MHz @ 1'42.3xx

HUN eXtreme OC Team: 3Dmark06 @ 4715 MHz @ 21746 (http://prohardver.hu/dl/new/2009-02/47901_gooc_08b.jpg)
OCTeamHungary: 3Dmark06 @ 4600 MHz @ 22442 (http://prohardver.hu/dl/new/2009-02/47901_gooc_07b.jpg)

here is the best hungarian review about the live contest with photos @ gamestar.hu (http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=hu&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgamestar.hu%2Fgigabyte-go-oc-2009-tuningrendezveny.html&sl=hu&tl=en)

congrats for all QC winners and good luck in the european round for everybody :up:

we are still not sure about it with jugeen, but prague is not that far from budapest, so maybe we will go by car just to meet and drink with you guys, lets hope we can make it :D

[hipro5]

Yes, 17-18th :(

Hmmmmffff........They said 24 - 25 and now 17 - 18.......ain't good!...... :(

[Frank M]

btw, ive forgot to show up some info about the hungarian qualification round wich was at feb 21th, last weekend.

A bit of a late riser, aren't you? :D







The championship is taking interesting turns...
it sure will be interesting to watch :)

[massman]

Hmmmmffff........They said 24 - 25 and now 17 - 18.......ain't good!...... :(


Date Event change: 17.4-18.4 !

Don't know why they changed it, though :confused:

[M.Beier]

Anyone with Mainzer' number? I wanna know what the heck went wrong the danish promotion.... I did see nothing in DK before after 15th February..... In no way satisfying.... Already complained to Gigabyte management, but I sure as h*** would like a talk with the person in charge of Nordic marketing....

[NeoForce]

hipro5
It was SuperPi 32M challenge on air-cooled i7 965 Extreme
The best result is 8m10s at 4536
DeDaL`s - 8m15s at 4430
The third one - 8m18s at about 4500

[Frank M]

air-cooled i7 965 Extreme


Air-cooled? :eek: Then those scores sure are extreme :up:
Let me guess, "fat deltas" to the rescue? :D

[NeoForce]

Frank M
CoolerMaster V8 + anything you want =)
Winner with 2 120mm Scythe Kaze
DeDaL with "fat Delta"

[NeoForce]

Some pics from GOOC 2009 Russia

NeoForce, DeDaL and pofigist
http://s56.radikal.ru/i153/0903/d8/a9049cdf55adt.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/s56.radikal.ru/i153/0903/d8/a9049cdf55ad.jpg.html)
VinniBago - winner
http://s39.radikal.ru/i084/0903/f2/fff1c067602ct.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/s39.radikal.ru/i084/0903/f2/fff1c067602c.jpg.html)
All finalists
http://s47.radikal.ru/i118/0903/3e/fe06735dbc97t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/s47.radikal.ru/i118/0903/3e/fe06735dbc97.jpg.html)
All finalists
http://i082.radikal.ru/0903/a5/b71c90ba275bt.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/i082.radikal.ru/0903/a5/b71c90ba275b.jpg.html)
DeDaL
http://s44.radikal.ru/i103/0903/25/ba2ca46e3c37t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/s44.radikal.ru/i103/0903/25/ba2ca46e3c37.jpg.html)
NeoForce
http://i025.radikal.ru/0903/92/4db34c8dd233t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/i025.radikal.ru/0903/92/4db34c8dd233.jpg.html)

[Trouffman]

ah ah ah :D

I found another Hump Guy ^^

http://gamestar.hu/apix/0902/giga_gooc_14_k.jpg

@NeoForce : Nice pics ^^ B&W oldschool style give an 'unsual' feeling :p... Damned First team in Russia got 1K$ + tripp to prague ? :D

[Frank M]

ah ah ah :D

I found another Hump Guy ^^


Yep, that's Achilleus / Achill3uS :D

[Trouffman]

Yep I know :p I like this feeling :p dloes he started to show his 'secret weapon' ? xD

Anyway, Hop eto see you @Prague Guys (Hope that Giga will select me as press to go there :D)

[BenchZowner]

Hope to see you guys there.
Can't miss this event as well :(

[NeoForce]

Trouffman
You`re right - but this guy also receive some prizes from sponsors ;)

[ryba]

we are still not sure about it with jugeen, but prague is not that far from budapest, so maybe we will go by car just to meet and drink with you guys, lets hope we can make it :D

Do it bro! :clap:

[blind_ripper]

ah benelux final's are gone be hard :p, first selection from belgium and the holland (3team's). then these teams will run agains 3teams from germany, and only 1 team from 3 contry's will go to EU final :(.

[Shahryar_NEO]

the final competition will be on june 2nd at computex ?

[BenchZowner]

ah benelux final's are gone be hard :p, first selection from belgium and the holland (3team's). then these teams will run agains 3teams from germany, and only 1 team from 3 contry's will go to EU final :(.

That sucks balls.
Wish you make it through ;)

[Achill3uS]

A bit of a late riser, aren't you? :D

The championship is taking interesting turns...
it sure will be interesting to watch :)

hmmm why i didnt seen your post mate? :p: thanks for being so uptodate :D


Air-cooled? :eek: Then those scores sure are extreme :up:
Let me guess, "fat deltas" to the rescue? :D

i bet they used 3GB kits too wich is "slow" for 32M, with some good 6GB kit and good tweaking around ~4.5G you will see sub8min ;)


ah ah ah :D

I found another Hump Guy ^^

http://gamestar.hu/apix/0902/giga_gooc_14_k.jpg

@NeoForce : Nice pics ^^ B&W oldschool style give an 'unsual' feeling :p... Damned First team in Russia got 1K$ + tripp to prague ? :D

hahaha i couldnt resist to get on the empty dewar in french style :lol:


Do it bro! :clap:

crossed fingers :D


ah benelux final's are gone be hard :p, first selection from belgium and the holland (3team's). then these teams will run agains 3teams from germany, and only 1 team from 3 contry's will go to EU final :(.

:rolleyes:

[NeoForce]

Achill3uS
Right, bro!
We use HyperX 14400 3Gb kit - memory was provided by our sponsor
MoBo was - EX58-UD4

[blind_ripper]

Achill3uS what do u mean with that ?

[[XC] gomeler]

Achill3uS what do u mean with that ?

I believe dual-ranked modules(ICs on both sides) are slightly faster in 32M. :shrug:

[Achill3uS]

nothing special blind, i just dont get it why only this 3 countrys can participate with one team in EU finals.


gomeler;3687251']I believe dual-ranked modules(ICs on both sides) are slightly faster in 32M. :shrug:

i think blind asked me about my rolleyes look in the end of my last post :)
but back to your answer long time i didnt seen any dual ranked 1GB modules, maybe this is why 6GB kits are faster in 32M, i dont know

[anubis_is_evil]

news from Indonesia Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2009 Final that just end.......

and heres are the winner...

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2048/gooc200914wh2.jpg

1. Alva "Lucky_noOb" Jonathan...will representing my country indonesia in Bangkok Thailand...:up:

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7434/gooc200913fs6.jpg

2. Patar "jabrigselalu"..one of my menthor

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/930/gooc200912ay6.jpg

3. Eka "Etha" Permana

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4592/gooc200915ak3.jpg

Ekky "Jengkol" .......for a highest 3Dmark Vantage score...

congrats....:clap:

keep the OC spirit

Overclocking For Life :up:

[hiwa]

congrats :up:

so in europe we have

Greece
France
Belgium
Italy
UK
Germany
...
and?

[massman]

It's great to see so many new faces at these OC contests :-D

[NeoForce]

hiwa
Russia

[Viss]

Hiwa mate here its gonna be best 3 teams from Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxemburg) vs best 3 teams from Germany for 1 place (afaik) in EU final.

[SF3D]

Dedal! Where is your hair! Our Russian bear is gone :shocked:
I guess, you still eat like the bear even there is no proper hairstyle :D

Too bad you couldn't make it. Congrats to you Neo and Vinni!

I will not be in the EU finals.. only in Taiwan?? I haven't got any confirmation yet, but I hope everything goes as planned.

I don't know who to cheer in EU finals.. so many friends in there.. But whoever will win --> We will take some beer and do some clubbing in Taiwan (Traditional way) :up:

[massman]

Afaik, you only have to perform in Taiwan ;-).

[Trouffman]

eh eh you need to show again to everyone how you can "perform" in Taipei SF3D ! Why not bringing you @ the EU final as "Guest star" ? :D

Nice job @ alva ! nice to see you performing well on a giga's mobo ^^! Nice done Ekky too ;)

Anyway, I'm published my official GOOC 2009 - France report (http://www.syndrome-oc.net/articles.php?article=170) and if you wanna check the 'ton' (as usual) of pics you can browse the GOOC2009 thread on Syndrome-OC (http://soj.mesdiscussions.net/soj/event-competition/qualification-francaise-gooc2009-sujet_25_1.htm) (pics start at the last reply on the thread!)

There are few "secret profile pics" !
http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_060c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_060.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_061c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_061.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_062c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_062.jpg)

http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_063c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_063.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_064c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_064.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_065c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_065.jpg)

http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_066c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_066.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_067c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_067.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_068c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_068.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_069c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_069.jpg)

http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_090c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_090.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_091c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_091.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_092c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_092.jpg)

http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_093c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_093.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_094c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_094.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_095c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_095.jpg)

http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_096c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_096.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_097c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_097.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_098c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_098.jpg)http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_099c.jpg (http://img.syndrome-oc.net/2009/gooc2009france/gooc2009_099.jpg)

More pics (http://soj.mesdiscussions.net/soj/event-competition/qualification-francaise-gooc2009-sujet_25_1.htm)

[BenchZowner]

In Greece, tje qualification right now is like this

Single Card :
1. billpeppas 82357 - i7-920 @ 4000Mhz - nVIDIA Geforce GTX 280 @ 756/1332 - for GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34509&postcount=97)
2. hipro5 81694 - E8600 @ 3998Mhz - ATI 4870 914/1305 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34421&postcount=501)
3. Spiderdim 73988 - Intel QX6700 @ 3880Mhz - GTX280 STOCK air For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34316&postcount=495)

Multiple Cards :
1. gprhellas 87863 - E8600 @ 3998 - 9800GX2 ON LN2 - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34699&postcount=537)
2. aristidis 87811 - E8600 @ 3998 - GTX295 Water For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34599&postcount=528)
3. Stelaras 87442 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34078&postcount=427)
4. NIKOSE 85359 Intel E8600 @ 3998Mhz ATI Radeon 4870X2 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33707&postcount=317)
4. gregorisvas 81346 - Core i7 965 @ 4000MHz - GeForce GTX295 stock air - For GOOC 2009 (http://70.32.122.32/showpost.php?p=33370&postcount=237)
6. dread77 76552 - Intel E8600 @ 3999Mhz - Radeon 3870X2 air Jordan- For GOOC 2009 (http://www.hwbox.gr/showpost.php?p=34264&postcount=482)

The 1st form the Single card and the 1st of the Multiple Cards will go the the finals ;)

Test : 3DMark01 with limitation to CPU at 4000MHz

Just updated my single GPU score.
Nothing spectacular, not yet at least:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2n691j5.jpg

The competition in the dual GPU category is looking good, and it's going to be a close call.

[dinos22]

nice Bill

you better pull off the time of your life cause you know old George
he'll run on top of you unless its a super human effort :D

[Lucky_n00b]

Hi Guys,

Finally the Indonesian GOOC 2009 Final is done...

I'm glad to represent Indonesia for Asia Pasific finals in Bangkok, Thailand ;)

Our finals looks like this :

The Hardware Specs :
Intel Core i7 -940(ES)
GIGABYTE EX58-UD3R, BIOS F5b
DDR3 Triple Channel Kingston KHX14400D3K3/3GX
GIGABYTE GV-N26OC-896GH GeForce GTX260
Hitachi 160 GB SATA II
PSU Enermax Evolution 85+ 1050 Watt

The Benchmark :
- 3DMark Vantage(nV PhysX allowed)
- Super PI 8M
- Cinebench 10
- Everest Memory Benchmark(Read)

Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate SP1

Cooling Allowed for CPU: HSF, Watercooling, Dry Ice

On the GPU, No hardware modification or HSF change is allowed

Points will be given as follows :
1st = 10 pts
2nd = 8 pts
3rd = 6 pts
4th = 4 pts
5th = 2 pts

-----------------------------------------------------------------


The Final resuts is as follows :

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp275/Lucky_n00b/GOOC%202009/goocfinal.jpg


Most of the CPU used maxxed out at 4.3 - 4.4 Ghz for Multithreading bench, and 4.5 - 4.7Ghz for single thread bench, all done with dry ice cooling(-50 to -60 C),

And since we use an ES CPU, we cannot change the Memory Multiplier(stays at 8x) and Uncore Multiplier(stays at 16x), so the Everest Read wasn't too good..

More pics soon, need to rest...


Btw, what Country will be participating in Asia Pasific Qualifier in Bangkok ?

[T_M]

Congrats to Dino (and Deanzo) for taking out #1 and #2 in Aussie.
I was trounced after poor clocking video card (#4th in Vantage) and then a non-responsive system for SuperPI.
Wish i hadnt had every single extreme nerd in the place bothering me the whole time! I guess someone has to be the "PR" for the night.

Was great fun as always, and good to see Josh crawl out of the woodwork :D

See you guys in Thailand (ill be there anyway ;))

[hiwa]

hiwa
Russia
:up: and i am happy you are in congrats guys



Hiwa mate here its gonna be best 3 teams from Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxemburg) vs best 3 teams from Germany for 1 place (afaik) in EU final.

:up:

[Pt1t]

ah benelux final's are gone be hard :p, first selection from belgium and the holland (3team's). then these teams will run agains 3teams from germany, and only 1 team from 3 contry's will go to EU final :(.

Count also on Luxembourg :rofl:

[artkobe]

In China
GOOC2009 Final will be hold on 26th this month.
hope i can meet M8 this time:D

[OBR]

Date change again : 16 - 17. 4. 2009 - Event will be here: http://www.corinthia.cz/

http://towers.corinthia.cz/data/hotel_location/hotel_location_1.jpg

Thanks to Trouff will be a LIVE broadcasting ... (i hope)

Bench system specs: i965 EX, X58-EXTREME, GeForce GTX 285 (1, 2, 3?), on benchmarks and test list working Hicookie now ...

[blind_ripper]

Count also on Luxembourg :rofl:

yeah i know u are gone contend in the benelux now :), GL thomas ;).

[[XC] gomeler]

Damn, things are really heating up. I wish there would be more teams competing in Taiwan, would be fun to have 40 to 60 benchers in 2 person teams :up:

[massman]

Financially close to impossible, Gomeler ;-)

[Gautam]

You can't take that quote too literally, Gautam is no stranger to insane clocks. He takes them for granted when making this statement. The idea he is embracing has a lot of merit in a competition like this that has seen hardware decide outcomes. I would also agree you cannot leave out the things Vivi mentioned. Depending on the hardware used in a qualifier or final, the limit could be set somewhere in the range you would only reach on LN2, that way you ensure the tweaker or the hardware alone will not dominate the field.

That's all right Mark, Chris is still just bitter about what I did to his 01 and AM3 last year. :D

[hicookie]

Date change again : 16 - 17. 4. 2009 - Event will be here: http://www.corinthia.cz/

http://towers.corinthia.cz/data/hotel_location/hotel_location_1.jpg

Thanks to Trouff will be a LIVE broadcasting ... (i hope)

Bench system specs: i965 EX, X58-EXTREME, GeForce GTX 285 (1, 2, 3?), on benchmarks and test list working Hicookie now ...

looks a nice building:) have a bar just near by? ....lol

[OBR]

hehe, there are 8 BARS inside ...

[[XC] gomeler]

Financially close to impossible, Gomeler ;-)

hence why it was a wish and not a desire. I know the financial costs for such an event but I just wish it was possible.


That's all right Mark, Chris is still just bitter about what I did to his 01 and AM3 last year. :D

I'm just not a 3D bencher at all :( I pretend to be as skilled as you guys :p: I've learned a bit in the last year though and I'm coming with an ace up my sleeve, a shield to prevent you from spilling LN2 on me again :yepp:

[hicookie]

gomeler;3689756']hence why it was a wish and not a desire. I know the financial costs for such an event but I just wish it was possible.



I'm just not a 3D bencher at all :( I pretend to be as skilled as you guys :p: I've learned a bit in the last year though and I'm coming with an ace up my sleeve, a shield to prevent you from spilling LN2 on me again :yepp:

the GOOC 2009 Final Taipei is druing the computex, its very hard to manage
huge space at the time and most people support computex , humain power is limit, maybe next time can manage like 2008 gooc.

[K404]

gomeler;3689756']
I'm just not a 3D bencher at all :( I pretend to be as skilled as you guys :p:

If you're not a 3D bencher...you sure put on one hell of an act!

[hipro5]

........cause you know old George

I didn't get it!!........ :mad::stick::flame::cord::cord:
This was for me?..... :mad: :D

If yes, then prepare IF I win in Greece and IF I win in European finals and finaly IF I win and come to Taiwan for the finals, to do as I have promised before.....
I'll blow a LOT of smoke in your eyes....... :D :p:

[dinos22]

IF i qualify to Taiwan
i look forward to the smoke :rofl::D

[George_o/c]

:ROTF: :lol: :D

[elmor]

Here are pics and results from the Swedish final: http://www.techsweden.org/artikel/JcPq-gigabyte-gooc-2009/

Hope I can go as media or whatever to Czech Rep aswell ;)

[dinos22]

whoa who's the dude with the tatts

http://www.techsweden.org/bilder/JcPq/dsc-0147.jpeg

[hiwa]

Nice pics elmore thanks

congrats Robert 'Crotale' Kihlberg :)

[SF3D]

Here are pics and results from the Swedish final: http://www.techsweden.org/artikel/JcPq-gigabyte-gooc-2009/

Hope I can go as media or whatever to Czech Rep aswell ;)

I want to go too :) I guess it will not happen...

[Vivi]

sf3d why wont you come?

[LardArse]

looks a nice building:) have a bar just near by? ....lol

so Mr Cookie, you and me forming up a team like we discussed yea?
:rofl:

GL, HF Guys :up:

[Vivi]

so Mr Cookie, you and me forming up a team like we discussed yea?

WICKED COMBO :D

[Mean Machine]

whoa who's the dude with the tatts

http://www.techsweden.org/bilder/JcPq/dsc-0147.jpeg
That'd be Partisan, I suppose. Finished fourth overall, but a great guy. He was just unlucky to not beat us all. :)

[Harshal]

Congrats to the winners till now :)
Good Luck to all my European friends for qualifier ahead :up:

[chispy]

Have fun and a great time guys ,good luck to all of you who qualified. Congrats Dinos and Deanzo :up:. i would really like to attend to an event like this but theres no chance for the small island of Puerto Rico :shakes:.

chispy.

[ryba]

I have new date :) 17-18 april!!

17 - arrival to Prah
18 - contest
19 - departure from hotel

[hipro5]

I have new date :) 17-18 april!!

17 - arrival to Prah
18 - contest
19 - departure from hotel

Is Gigabyte playing with our NERVES....... :mad:
MAKE YOUR DECISION GUYS!!.......(not to tell something "heavier" )....:mad:

[BenchZowner]

Every day a brand new schedule, come on...

http://i39.tinypic.com/4lsynd.jpg

[krystaljasmine]

Good Luck everyone!!
Hopefully see you all at the final in Taiwan ;-)!!:welcome:

[OBR]

I have new date :) 17-18 april!!

17 - arrival to Prah
18 - contest
19 - departure from hotel

welocme to the last week: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3689062&postcount=207

you have wrong info ... event is ONE day earlier because some contestant (on holiday)

[hipro5]

Arrrrgggggg......ANY OFFICIAL INFO ABOUT THE EVENT from Gigabyte?....

[BenchZowner]

There's the press release that I posted above today, but there's no mention of dates regarding the regional qualifiers.
I'll send an e-mail to Sue and see what I can find out.

[Gautam]

Arrrrgggggg......ANY OFFICIAL INFO ABOUT THE EVENT from Gigabyte?....

I don't think anyone in the US has even formally been invited yet. :p:

[dinos22]

hehehe our qualifying in Thailand is at beginning of April and we still havent been informed correct info yet. i'm hanging out for that to notify my boss and also organise my travel so its not all bad hipro :p:

[K404]

Sounds like the UK wins by default because ours was pretty well organised.... :D

[dinos22]

not sure how many ppl here went to Taiwan last year. Gigabyte crew is very professional. These dates can be tricky to confirm as things can change that are out of their control. Thats why its best to wait for absolute final dates when they tell you to go book flights etc

[[XC] gomeler]

I was told in the next couple of days we'd have final information for the US qualifying invitational. Looking forward to doing some fun and competitive benching :up:

[Gautam]

U.S. spec is out--it looks good. :cool:

[Vapor]

gomeler;3695636']I was told in the next couple of days we'd have final information for the US qualifying invitational. Looking forward to doing some fun and competitive benching :up:I got the spec email 1 min after you posted this :wth:

And yeah, US spec does look good :D

[V2-V3]

Do we know who recieved the USA invites?

[570091D]

are they going to let people watch the competition? i live in OC and i would love to see the quilifier in LA.

[T_M]

Deanzo enjoying over:banana::banana::banana::banana:ing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/T_M/28022009354.jpg

[Shahryar_NEO]

In Thailand , we will see which countries ?

[BenchZowner]

In Thailand , we will see which countries ?

Indonesia, Australia, China, Japan, Singapore & Thailand.
Don't take it to the bank though, I'm not 100% sure.

[Trouffman]

Hey guys, I should be in prah next month for covering the european final ;) waiting for answer from GIGA's about a teammate for the Live broadcast stuff! :)

[BenchZowner]

Hey guys, I should be in prah next month for covering the european final ;) waiting for answer from GIGA's about a teammate for the Live broadcast stuff! :)

You know who's your teammate ( it's Bill :p: )